Being Creative with Your Volunteer Recruitment

Being Creative with your Volunteer Recruitment

 Volunteer Centre - www.bhcommunityworks.org.uk/volunteering - Will upload your opportunities to the new Do-it (national volunteering) website - Will promote your opportunities via the Volunteer Centre Facebook page - Will promote your opportunities via the Volunteer Centre Twitter page - Our team of Volunteer Centre brokerage volunteers will talk through your volunteering opportunities with potential volunteers who express relevant interest/skills/availability - Can share volunteer opportunities that are appropriate for younger volunteers through our focussed website for under 25 year olds

 New Do-it website - www.do-it.org.uk - Organisations can now directly upload/edit/manage their volunteering opportunities on the Do-it website (Do-it also have a new app which promotes local volunteering opportunities to people who have downloaded the app according to the content of their web browser!)

 Brighton University Active Student - http://about.brighton.ac.uk/careers/volunteer - Will promote your volunteering opportunity to Brighton students

 Sussex Students’ Union Community Engagement - www.sussexstudent.com - Will promote you volunteering opportunity to Sussex students

 Community Base volunteer search - www.communitybase.org/volunteers - Will promote your opportunity via the Community Base online volunteering search and as a paper copy in their reception folders for people to ‘drop-in’ and browse

 SCIP Mailing List - www.scip.org.uk - You can join this community mailing list for free and share information of interest, such as new volunteering opportunities at your organisation

 Your organisation’s website and social media - The Media Trust have a useful free resource hub on effective communications and marketing - http://resources.mediatrust.org

www.bhcommunityworks.org.uk/volunteering August 2014  Your organisation’s newsletter

 Local Newspapers - Brighton and Hove Independent - http://brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk - The Argus - www.theargus.co.uk - Friday Ads - www.friday-ad.co.uk/brighton

 Local Radio - Juice - www.juicebrighton.com - Radio Reverb - www.radioreverb.com - Brighton and Hove Community Radio - www.bhcr.org.uk/bhcr - Radio Free Brighton - http://radiofreebrighton.org.uk - University Radio Falmer (University of Sussex) - www.urfonline.com - Brighton University Radio Station - www.burstradio.co.uk

 Community/neighbourhood magazines

 Brighton and Hove Wards - Most Wards in Brighton and Hove have active Local Action Teams or neighbourhood groups, many of which have websites that promote activities and opportunities in their ward. You can find a list of them here: www.safeinthecity.info/getting-involved

 Having a stall at community events and festivals - Visit Brighton have a comprehensive listings - www.visitbrighton.com/whats-on

 Outreach stalls at the Universities and colleges - Sussex University Students’ Union– www.sussexstudent.com - Brighton University Students’ Union - www.brightonsu.com - Brighton City College - www.ccb.ac.uk - Plumpton College - www.plumpton.ac.uk - Varndean College - www.varndean.ac.uk - Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College (BHASVIC) - www.bhasvic.ac.uk/home.aspx - Portslade Community College - http://moodle.portslade.org

 Leaflets/posters in key locations across Brighton and Hove - A number of cafes/shops have community notice boards so keep an eye out! - Places of worship - Libraries www.bhcommunityworks.org.uk/volunteering August 2014 - Colleges - Laundrettes - Community centres - Sports centres - GP surgeries - Arts centres - The Resource Centre in Brighton offer low cost printing for community groups - www.resourcecentre.org.uk

 Shared advertising - Share the cost of a printed volunteer recruitment adverts by sharing it with another organisation

 Shared signposting - Enter an arrangement with other organisations to signposting potential volunteers to each other. E.g. If one Women’s charity has no current volunteer vacancies, they can signpost potential volunteers to another Women’s charity (and visa versa)

 Going along to talk to community groups - Contact local groups and ask if you can go along to their next meeting to talk about your organisation and the current opportunities available - Community Works Membership Directory - an comprehensive online directory of CW members www.bhcommunityworks.org.uk/member-directory - The Trust for Developing Communities - www.trustdevcom.org.uk - Whitehawk Inn - www.whinn.org.uk - BMECP - http://bmecp.org.uk/ - Serendipity - www.ses-partnership.co.uk - Hangleton and Knoll Project - www.hkproject.org.uk

 Gumtree - Adds on Gumtree are free - www.gumtree.com

 Hold an open day for your organisation - Open your doors to the public and offer them a chance to hear more about your organisation, meet some of the staff and find out more about volunteering with you - You can promote an open day/event by listing it for free on Brighton What’s On Guide - whatson.brighton.co.uk

 Bring along a friend day www.bhcommunityworks.org.uk/volunteering August 2014 - Organise a ‘Bring along a friend’ day/week at your organisation where volunteers are invited to bring a friend with them to see what volunteering in your organisation is like (this would obviously depend on your organisation and the type of volunteering role)

 Word of mouth - Encourage your current volunteers/staff/trustees to help promote current volunteering opportunities by talking to their friends and family

For more information and advice on recruiting and supporting volunteers, please visit our Good Practice Guide - www.brightonhovevolunteers.org.uk or email us at [email protected]